[Cryptography] TOR on a USB stick (fwd)

[J.a.w.n]

19. Dec 2017 00:34 by dave at horsfall.org:


> Might be of some interest here (and my apologies if it's old news)...  I haven't tried it.
>
> -- 
> Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 19:17:23 +1100
> From: Richard
> To: Dave Horsfall <> dave at horsfall.org> >
> Subject: TOR on a USB stick
>
> Well, a bit more than that. It’s a bootable Linux-variant (TAILS OS) which
> has Tor built-in. Given your interest in security and privacy, I thought
> you’d be interested...
>
> Background video - Easily Accessing the Hidden Deep
> Web: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFuG4EX6NIM> . They’re careful to
> distinguish the Deep Web from the Dark Web.
>
> One of the things they mention is TAILS OS (The Amnesic Incognito Live
> System).
>
> Cheers,
> Richard




 Tails is old news for those who know, and new for those who dont. Similar idea is Whonix, but completely different approach. Also worth checking out for anyone not in the know. 

Tails is self-contained os on a usb, designed to leave no trace on the host machine.

Whonix is VM based which has a Tor VM within a host VM. 

Both work by trying to avoid privilege escalation from escaping out the sandbox and phoning home another via non Tor channels
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